The Berlin International Film Festival is just a few weeks away and while we won't see the majority of the films in the U.S. for some time, at least one will a...
There is a wonderful idea that fuels Wander Darkly, written and directed by Tara Miele. How do we reckon with tragedy? What goes on in our head while we proces...
An immersive documentary, Jerry Rothwell’s The Reason I Jump places us internally within the mind of the nonverbal autistic, allowing empathy to flow in. Inspi...
Call him the Bernie Sanders of Kenya. In a country where voters come with their hands out seeking bribes, Boniface “Softie” Mwangi has been able to raise enoug...
“If you’re not picky, you can eat them on anything.” So says one of the elite group of experienced, elder Italian truffle hunters portrayed in Michael Dweck an...
Playwright Radha Blank’s spirited directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Version in an often hilarious and heartfelt autobiographical tale of reinvention. Surrounde...
What started last October as a students’ protest regarding the rise in public transportation rates in Santiago de Chile has now blown up into a nationwide soci...
With over 60 films viewed at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, it's time to wrap up the first major cinema event of the year. We already got the official jury a...
It’s the morning after the premiere of Tesla, the new film from Michael Almereyda starring his frequent collaborator Ethan Hawke as the titular inventor. I’m s...
There is a scene in the middle of The Last Shift in which our two main characters–Stanley (Richard Jenkins) and Jevon (Shane Paul McGhie)–get into an argument ...
